Scientific Meetings

• The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century
  August 16-18, 2017
  NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
   
• The 3rd Annual iHMP Consortium Meeting
  June 21-22, 2015
  Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland
   
• The International Human Microbiome Congress  
  March 31- April 2, 2015
  LUXEXPO Exhibition and Conference Center, Luxembourg
  
  The 5th International Human Microbiome Congress (IHMC) was held March 31-April 2, 2015 in Luxembourg at the LUXEXPO Exhibition and Conference Center. The title of the 2015 Congress is “Future Directions for Human Microbiome Research in Health and Disease”. Topics for the plenary sessions addressed the evolutionary basis of host-microbiome symbiosis and the significance of the microbiome in human biology and evolution, state-of-the art research in the role of the microbiome in a variety of human disorders and diseases and future applications and directions for the field. Poster sessions ran throughout the 3-day Congress.
   
• International Human Microbiome Congress/MetaHIT2012
  March 19 - 21, 2012
  Palais Brongniart, Paris, France
  
  The International Human Microbiome Congress/MetaHIT2012 was held March 19-21, 2012 in Paris at the Palais Bronginart . We are expecting a capacity crowd at IHMC/MetaHIT2012 with the international community presenting their research on topics across the human microbiome field. Some of the topics to be discussed include an Opening Session on Lessons Learned from Early Studies in the Human Microbiome, Microbiome Composition of the Healthy Human, Clinical and Functional Studies of the Human Microbiome, Computational Methods for Microbiome Research and a Panel Discussion on the Future of Microbiome Research. Poster sessions will continue throughout the 3-day Congress. 
   
• Executive Summary of External Panel Report
  February 2012
   
• International Human Microbiome Congress 
  March 9 - 11, 2011
  Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  
  International researchers from the medical, microbial and computational fields will meet to discuss the complex relationships of the microbiome with human health and disease at this conference.
   
• Human Microbiome Research Conference
  August 31-September 2, 2010
  Chase Park Plaza, St Louis, Missouri
  
  At this open conference, investigators from the Human Microbiome Project and the larger scientific community met to share their insights and to learn more about the human microbiome and metagenomic research.
   
• HMP Community Outreach Meeting
  March 27, 2008
  Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bethesda, Maryland
  This workshop provided an opportunity for a small group of researchers from various backgrounds to discuss ways that the Human Microbiome Project can engage the larger scientific and lay communities.
   
• Organizational Meeting of the International Human Microbiome Consortium
  December 9-10, 2007
  Hilton Hotel, Rockville, Maryland
  
  This workshop, co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health and the European Commission, provided an opportunity for scientists and funders from around the world to discuss human microbiome research and the possibility of forming an international consortium.
   
• NIH HMP Applicant Information Session
  December 10, 2007
  Hilton Hotel, Rockville, Maryland
  
  This session provided an opportunity for researchers intending to apply to the RFAs being released under the NIH Roadmap 1.5 Human Microbiome Project to ask questions of NIH staff.
   
• Human Microbiome Project Sampling Wrokshop
  July 25, 2007
  
  Marrioitt Hotel, Gaithersburg, Maryland
  During this workshop, experts on microbial diversity, sampling, and statistics met to provide recommendations for structuring the sample collection within the Human Microbiome Project.
   
• ASM Satellite Symposium: The Human Microbiome Project
  May 24, 2007
  
  A satellite symposium of the annual American Society for Microbiology meeting was convened to discuss the current status and international plans to explore the human microbiome.
   
• NIH Roadmap Human Microbiome Project Workshop
  April 22-23, 2007
   
• Human Microbiome Project "Brainstorming"; Session
  February 14, 2006
  Doubletree Hotel, Rockville, Maryland
  
  At this informal brainstorming session, a group of NIH staff from many Institutes and Centers plus external scientists interested in exploring the human microbiome met to discuss the state of knowledge, international plans, and challenges facing a possible Human Microbiome Project.